Gray, Robert John Stephen; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1998Arts and ScienceDeparment of History, 1998)

The epideictic discourse of political autobiography offers a powerful means of persuasion to attitude not otherwise available to politicians. In the extended narrative form of political autobiography, the audience's ...

In this study, we examine the predictive power of Morningstar’s new ratings for mutual funds’ future performance and compare its predictive power with four competing predictors. We also examine Morningstar’s new ratings’ ...

Sun, Chuchu; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science.(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Chemistry and BiochemistryArts and ScienceDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2014)

Solution state NMR of 'H, 19F and 3IP of poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)] (PBFP) in THFd8
were acquired to study the polymer morphology in the solution state. Solid state high
resolution *H, I9F and 31P MAS DP NMR spectra were ...

Alomari, Thabit(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology, c2012Arts and ScienceDepartment of Anthropology, 2012)

Volunteer tourism (voluntourism) has been described as an alternative form of tourism to mass tourism. It has been suggested that understanding the motivations of voluntourists might lead to a better understanding of the ...

Mishra, Sandeep; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, c2010Arts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 2010)

Risk-sensitivity theory predicts that decision-makers shift from risk-aversion to riskpreference
in situations where low-risk options are unlikely to meet their needs. Risksensitive
theory is contrasted with more traditional ...

Farr, Tracy Deanne; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2003)

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and survivors suffer motor impairments. The rodent sensorimotor system is similar to the human's, making rodents a good model to study the effects of stroke. Transgenic technology ...

Lacho, Christine D.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological SciencesArts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 2013)

Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) have experienced declines in numbers throughout their range due to historical overharvesting and more recent habitat degradation. Fragmentation and disruption caused by large dams on ...

Doan, Jonathon Edward Bruce; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006Arts and ScienceDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Education, 2006)

Contextual influence on movement was examined for a selection of everyday activities. Non-medicated and medicated Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and control subjects reached for a drinking glass target from both seated ...

Foroud, Afra; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscience, c2008Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2008)

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the organization of the movements of skilled
reaching. Our knowledge of reaching behaviour has been limited to an understanding of
specific actions. Results from this thesis ...

The purposes of this phenomenological hermeneutics study were to gain an understanding of the meaning nine public health nurses (PHNs) in southern Alberta attach to their experience of promoting health related to safe and ...

Uddin, Md Mohsin(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer ScienceArts and ScienceDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Sicence, 2014)

Automatic multi-document summarization (MDS) is the process of extracting the most important information such as events and entities from multiple natural language
texts focused on the same topic.
We extract all types ...

Zibran, Minhaz Fahim; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007Faculty of Arts and ScienceDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2007)

Course timetabling is a well known constraint satisfaction optimization (CSOP) problem,
which needs to be solved in educational institutions regularly. Unfortunately, this course
timetabling problem is known to be ...

Understanding variations in remote sensing data with illumination and sensor angle changes is important in agricultural crop monitoring. This research investigated field bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) in crop ...

Selenium (Se) is an essential element, toxic at concentrations only slightly above those required. It can become detrimental to fish health when available in excess in the aquatic environment. This study examined the effects ...

Yim, Tonia Tan-Ling; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2007)

This thesis investigates the role of the hippocampus in object memory. Currently,
the role of the hippocampus in object recognition is unclear, with some studies
demonstrating a delay-dependent impairment after hippocampal ...

Montina, Anthony D; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, c2010Arts and ScienceDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2010)

Solid state NMR has the ability to obtain detailed structural information at the
molecular level in materials. This has led to the development of a large number of high
resolution techniques, some of which utilize multiple ...

Sacrey, Lori-Ann Rosalind; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2008Arts and ScienceNeuroscience, 2008)

The sensory control of movements has been shown to be impaired with Parkinson’s disease. I investigated the task, reach-to-eat, in which advancing of the limb towards a target is guided by vision and withdrawal of the ...

de Bruin Nutley, Natalie(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscience, c2012Arts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2012)

Music is a powerful stimulus for movement. This thesis examined the effects of music on walking performance. First, the effect of music salience (familiarity and enjoyment) and tempo on walking performance was examined ...

Lopez-Damian, Judith; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2008.Education, 2008)

This thesis explores the immigration experiences of five Latino-American women who reside in Lethbridge, Alberta. Rather than using interviews as a research protocol, the author used conversation as a tool to explore the ...